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Source of All Light, April 1
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the
world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall
have the light of life.
John 8:12
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Jesus of Nazareth declared Himself the Light of the world. What think
ye of Him? What position does He occupy among the world’s religious
teachers? Hundreds, yes thousands, of men are recognized as having been
great thinkers, men who speculated, who published their theories, and
charmed the minds of many with their intellectual and moral attainments.
These so-called great men who have left to the world the productions of
their life of thought have been ranked as the wisest men the world has ever
known. But these cannot compare with Christ. There was a revelation
before man’s productions were brought forth. His finite knowledge is but
the result of beholding the wondrous things that have been shining in our
world contained in the teachings of Christ, the greatest of all teachers.
Whatever great ideas man may have evolved have come through Christ.
Every precious gem of thought every flash of the intellect, is revealed by
the Light of the world....
Christ makes no apology when He declares, “I am the light of the
world.” He was, in life and teaching, the gospel, the foundation of all pure
doctrine. Just as the sun compares with the lesser lights in the heavens,
so did Christ, the Source of light, compare with the teachers of His day.
He was before them all, and shining with the brightness of the sun, He
diffused His penetrating, gladdening rays throughout the world....
Measured by finite minds, men are called learned and great, but with
all their boasted wisdom, their science and learning, they cannot thus know
God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.... No man who has ever lived,
or who ever will live, can claim to be the infallible guide, the supreme
revealer of truth. Men may seek to reach the highest standard in learning,
but there is One, “a teacher sent from God,” who still stands higher than
they. No human teacher can equal Him
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The Youth’s Instructor, September 16, 1897
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